LEE'S BOOK 



ON 

ANCIENT HISTORY, RACE 

PRIOE AND BIBLE 

DOCTRINE 

Its Object is to Bring About a Better 

Understanding Between Peoples 

and it is Hoped that Inquirers 

of Where the iNegro came 

From, may derive . . . 

Much Satisfaction 

By Reading It 

And Looking Up the References 

Herein Given 

BY 

REV. JOHN H. LEE 

520 Tanget St. Rosedale, Kans. 

Copyright, 1918, J. H. Lee 

PRESS OF THE GRAY PRINTING CO. 
Kansas City, Kansas 



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ANCIENT HISTORY, RACE 

PRIDE AND BIBLE 

DOCTRINE 

Its Object is to Bring About a Better 

Understanding Between Peoples 

and it is Hoped that Inquirers 

of Where the Negro came 

From, may derive . . . 

Much Satisfaction 

By Reading It 

And Looking Up the References 

Herein Given 

BY 

REV, JOHN H. LEE 

520 Tanget St. Rose'dale, Kans, 

Copyright, 1918, J. H. Lee 



PRESS OF THE GRAY PRINTING CO. 
Kansas City, Kansas 



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CONTENTS 

Young People's Problems 6 

The Way the Lord Called Sinners 7 

On Highest Office 8 

The Lord's Supper :.... 9 

Feet Washing Command 11 

The Church 12 

Prayer 13 

Our Bible Begins 15 

Sermon Love 15 

Modern Ten Commandments 16 

The Aposples' Creed 18 

Ancient World— Bits of its History 18 

Race Pride 23 

Ordination 28 

Questions to the Minister 29 

Form of Matrimony 30 

Fate of the Apostles 31 



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Dear Friend:— 

I take the liberty to write a book on "Unity," as such 
is in demand. I, John H. Lee, was born in Carroll County, 
Missouri, 1876, May 14th, and always had a desire to learn, 
practice and preach and to uphold the truth, as its practice 
is essential to real Christian life, and if one is not a real 
Christian they are real sinners. St. John, 8, 34-47. 

There are only two sides to this question, but the con- 
science of the most of us will convince us just where we 
stand. 

This little book, I hope, will cause some mother's boy 
or girl to think and ask themselves the question : Can I af- 
ford to be lost after obtaining such timely warning? So in 
our preface we ask you to study these common truths with 
an unbiased mind. , THE WRITER. 







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YOUNG PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS. 

I am going to speak on one of the greatest problems be- 
fore the people today. The children's problem, for the boys 
and girls of today become the men and women of tomorrow, 
and parents, you are responsible for your children. And 
since you have neglected your duty you will have to answer 
in judgment for it. You are not careful about the associates 
of your children and not very careful about your own. When 
presented with these questions, what will your answer be? 
Did you warn your children about going to balls, skating 
rinks, theaters, by explaining to them that in the ball-room 
the most attractive dancers may be the most immoral danc- 
ers there? And the dressing the girls do is producing a 
great per cent of the rheumatism and tuberculosis cases, 
besides destroying the virtue of our youth, everything con- 
nected with the waltz is calculated to arouse and inflame the 
animal passions. The very appearance of the parties sug- 
gests impurity. What the saloon is doing for the downfall 
of our young men the dance is doing for the girls ; and the. 
theater, a very small per cent can be called decent. Look 
at the billboards and see their advertising and what kind of 
pictures draw crowds. 

As you prize chastity, shun the dance; as you prize 
honesty, shun gambling; as you prize a clean character, 
shun the theater; the dance is linked with vice the world 
over — it is worldly wickedness and very dangerous. These 



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are not the things that help us but injure us. The true joys 
in many a home have been destroyed by amusements of the 
kind mentioned. 



THE WAY THE LORD CALLED SINNERS. 

If any man desires to be a disciple of Christ he must 
live the life daily. (Luke, 9, 23; Mark 8, 34-10, 21; Matt. 
16, 24) . Some theologians say, get religion, but Christ says 
confess Him. (Matt. 10:32-36, 37, 38.) We, the represen- 
tatives of the Church of the Living God teach the Bible way, 
Christ says He is the way. (St. John 14 :6), so listen at our 
mediator or Saviour talking, there are many called but few 
chosen. Matt. 20, 16, 22, 14.) Now read how we are chosen, 
(2nd Thess. 2, 13; Eph. 1, 4.) There is one thing in calling 
another in choosing or putting to work. There is also a dif- 
ference in just believing in Christ and in confessing Him. 
Read (St. John 14, 23; Acts 19, 18). This I trust will give 
any one the desired information if they are seeking light or 
want to get to Christ or want to be saved. (St. John 5, 39). 
Search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have 
eternal life. (2nd Tim. 2, 15) says study to show thyself ap- 
proved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be 
ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. When the 
truth has been rightly divided to you, dear reader, then you 
have a chance to be saved. (Prov. 16, 25; Isaiah 1, 18.) 

There is very little in the Bible about Christian re- 
ligion, real Christian religion is truly mentioned in James 
1st chapter about 26-27, and there is a religion mentioned 
in Gal. 1, 13, 14, but it was not the kind Christ recommend- 
ed, so Paul got rid of that one and accepted Christ's word 



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or the pure and undefiled which is a duty nothing less, if 
you can see the plain proposition conditional, you do not 
have to pray, to curse or get drunk or commit crimes, steal- 
ing, lying and the like, and in as much as you do not have to 
pray to start or do these things, why should you pray to 
quit? (Isa. 55, 7; Ezk. 18, 21-SO.) 

Read Christ's invitation to all (Matt. 11, 28-29-30; St. 
John 8, 11; Matt. 11, 25, 12-50.) After reading these an- 
swers to the much asked question. Take hold of God's word 
then comes the promises. (St. John 8, 31-32; Luke 12, 34; 
Gal. 5, 1-7.) If you accept the very plain word it will save 
you. Paul says you did run well so just continue until you 
win the prize. (1 Cor. 9-24; Phil. 3, 14-16; Col. 3, 3; 1 Peter 
3, 12-16-17-18 ; Col. 4, 17) after confessing Christ you must 
be born of water, to be borned of anything you will have to 
first be conceived, coming forth makes the birth (St. John 
3, 3-5-7-12). Now this man Nicodemus did not seem to 
thoroughly understand this, but he had a good opinion of 
Christ, it seems. (Read St. John, 7, 50-51.) 



ON HIGHEST OFFICE. 

We learn by research, we have had two Popes of the 
Roman Catholic Church. St. Victor I was an African and 
occupied the Chair of St. Peter at Rome, 189-198 or 199. 

The other name we are unable to give at this time, but 
can say the Highest Office religiously has been held by two 
of our Race. 

Saint Victor's father's name was Felix. Saint Victor 
had much to do during the reign of Emperor Commodus. He 
settled the Easter controversy in Eastern Asia, which had 



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been held on the 14th day of Nisan (April) they decided on 
Sunday as we have Easter now. Cath. Encyc. Page 408, 
Vol. XV. 



THE LORD'S SUPPER. 

Notice Jesus at supper or keeping the Jews' passover. 
Read (Luke 22, 19-20.) He took bread and gave thanks and 
broke it and gave unto (his disciples) them saying, This is 
my body which is given for you, this do in remembrance 
of me (v 20) likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This 
cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you. 
So many have been confused about what the cup contained. 
Read (St. John, 19, 34.) You will see there was water in 
the blood, the same was in the cup. Further evidence of the 
use of the water will be found in (Luke 22, 10 ; Matt. 26, 28, 
compare with Leviticus 17, 11) and see just what Christ re- 
ferred to by (Luke 22, 16-18). The blood was the life. I 
will ask, did Christ shed any wine or grape juice for us? 
Plainly, no is the answer. The fruit of the vine is drawn 
out in (St. John, 15-1). 

I am the true vine and my Father is the husband-man. 
St. John 15-5) I am the vine and ye are the branches of the 
vine. Christ is not a grape vine, (Matt. 26, 28-29) , common 
sense teaches all power was given in Christ's hand. (Matt. 
28, 18.) 

Then He ate afterwards with His disciples and surely 
drank water with them also. (St. John, 21, 12-13.) Apos- 
tle Peter says (Acts 10, 34-41) there is no respector of per- 
sons with God, as John was not to drink wine. (Luke 1, 15) , 



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Christ would stoop lower than John or Sampson (Judges 13, 
4-14) . So Christ refused it (Mark 15, 23) the Bishops are 
cut off (Tim. 3, 3) . Please turn now to James 1, 19 to last 
verse. A few more on the wine that all that believe may 
accept water especially as a spiritual drink (St. John 8, 12; 
12, 35-36.) 

The Apostle Paul writes '(1 Cor. 10, 21) thus, you can- 
not drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of the devil (2 
Cor. 6-15; Deut. 32, 33-38) and Revelations says the dragon 
is called Satan, the devil. (Rev. 12, 9) . If wine, as Deut. 
says, is the devil's poison, why should Christians use it? We 
get a reward for the water, so let us be content with it in 
the name of the Lord (Matt. 10, 42; Mark 9, 41). The wit- 
nesses of our faith in heaven record bearers, Father, word, 
Holy Ghost, now witnesses in earth, the Spirit, water and 
blood (1 John 5, 6-7.) 

Dear reader, if you are not convinced that water is the 
only spiritual drink read if you please (1 Cor. 10, 4; Ex. 1,7, 
6 ; Ps. 78, 16 ; Rev. 22, 17) . The last invitation and the first 
verse of that chapter shows a great supply of water coming 
out of the throne of God, but no wine, the wine was cut off. 
(Lev. 10, 9; Prov. 20, 1; Prov. 23, 20; Prov. 23, 31; Isa. 27, 
8; Heb. 9, 4). Let wine alone for Christ's ^words' sake as it 
disgraces (Gen. 9, 21-24-25) another disgrace (Gen. 19, 32 
to 37; Isa. 1, 18). Come and let us reason together use your 
own mind but yet read Luke 8, 21, it says my mother and 
brethren are these which hear the word of God and do it. 
Read Isa. 5, 20-21-22-23; Job 21, 20). Solomon says give 
strong drink to those which are ready to perish and wine 
unto those which are heavy at heart. Do not give wine to 
Kings. (Prov. 31, 45-6, 7; 1 Cor. 6, 10). - ! 



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FEET WASHING COMMAND. 

After the supper He arises from supper and girded Him- 
self with a towel poured water in a basin and began to wash 
the disciples' feet. Peter objected strongly, as you remem- 
ber; also John hesitated about baptizing Christ (Matt. 3, 
14) so Feter complained (St. John 13, 6-7-8) but Christ told 
him just about as plainly as He could if I wash thee not, you 
have no part with me, he (Peter) did not want his part cut 
off so he said not only my feet but my hands and my head. 

Christ said then, you call me master, so I am, I have 
washed your feet, you also ought to wash one anothers' feet. 
I have given you an example that you should do as I have 
done unto you, etc. 

If you know these things, happy are you if you do them ; 
don't you want to be happy? (St. John 13, 17) Matt. 25th 
Ch. says concerning the parable of the talents, one man was 
cast into outer darkness because he refused to do what he 
ought to have done. (Read Matt. 25:27:28:29.) 

It is dangerous to fall into the hands of the living God 
(Heb. 10, 31.) Foot washing is a commandment (Matt. 
3, 4; 1 Cor. 6, 11; Eph. 5, 26 Tit. 3, 5; Heb. 10, 22; Luke 
6, 46; 1 Cor. 8, 6; 1st Peter 5, 5; Isa. 52, 7, Eph. 6, 15 says, 
have your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel, and 
I know of no other way to shoe one's feet than to wash 
them in the name of Jesus, with the assurance that if our 
feet are kept out of all unclean places or unbecoming places, 
our bodies will not be found there. 

And I have been connected with many secret orders, 
and most of them refuse to make a man if it is their rule, 
with their shoes on. When God saw fit to choose a leader 
for Israel he requested the man to pull off his shoes for the 



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ground which he stood on was holy ground. (Ex. 3, 3-4-5; 
Josh. 5, 15.) 

I will ask a question, is it any harm to wash feet, would 
we lose any of our Christian integrity by washing one anoth- 
er's feet ? If not, why not be safe and do just what Jesus 
has said? (Luke 6, 46.) On this part of christian duty I 
want you, dear reader, to consider very carefully at Isaiah 
1, 18 says, come and let us reason together and in 9, 15-16 
the leaders of this people caused them to error and they 
that are led of them are destroyed, and Christ began to talk 
(Matt. 15, 13) every plant which my heavenly Father has 
not planted shall be rooted up (15, 14). Let them alone, 
they be blind leaders of the blind, and if the blind lead the 
blind both shall fall into the ditch. Listen, apostle Paul 
says in Heb. 10-38 if any man draw back, my soul shall 
have no pleasure in him. (St. John, 8, 43, 44, 47; Mark 
7, 6-7-8-9.) 

I will state briefly after we have gone these degrees 
mentioned, then we fellowship the convert into the Church 
of the Living God, for that is the only bible name. Notice 
the fellowship. 1 Cor. 1 :9-10 ; 1 Cor. 12, 27 ; 2nd Cor. 4, 11 ; 
Phil. 2, 12.) 

May the Lord give all an unselfish mind to hear and 
heed his commands. 



THE CHURCH 



There is no other name or salvation under heaven given 
whereby we must be saved (Acts 4, 12). The Foundation 
Matt. 16, 18. Its Increase Acts 2, 47; 20; 28; 1 Cor. 1, 2-10- 



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32; 11-22; 15, 9; Gal. 1, 13; 1 Tim. 3, 5-3, 15;- Col,. 1, 18; 

Rom. 10, 16; Eph. 5, 25-26-27-28-29; 1st Cor. 14, 40. 

I have attempted to give some good and wholesome ad- 
vice and information about the church of GopL and to show 
that all of the saints of God should go in the same name 
Christ said. My Father and I are one (St. John, 10, 30) 
and prayed that his disciples should be kept in the name. 
(St. John, 17, 11-21.) I must mention this blessing of our 
blessed Saviour to those that would suffer in this world with 
trials. He said be of good cheer, I have overcome the world, 
so we will overcome if we will trust God's word, and obey it. 
To obey is better than sacrifice. (1 Sam. 15, 22 ; Jer. 7, 23 ; 
1 Peter 4, 17.) 

Another explanation would be, it is better to do what 
Jesus says than trust your prayers, always; this explains 
the best method of pleasing God; but most people seem to go 
on thinking sinning can be very easily remedied by praying 
or asking the Lord to excuse their repeated erring ways. 



PRAYER. 



But Christ taught us to pray one certain prayer in 
(Matt. 6, 9-14) and in that there is enough for any one, 
some say it is only a child's prayer, but it seems that Christ 
gave it to grown up men, we have got to be as children in 
the Lord. (Luke 18, 17-29-30.) Christ preached repentance 
(Luke 13, 3) saying "Except you repent you shall all like- 
wise perish," the original prayer is the one Christ gave us. 
Let us not take a substitute as we prefer the original in 
most everything commonly, let us receive the original spir- 
itual words of Christ. James 4, 3-4 ; Isa. 1, 15 ; Ps. 66, 18 ; 



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1 Tim. 2, 8 ; Ecc. 5, 2, says be not rash with thy mouth ; God 
is in heaven, thou in earth, therefore let your words be few 
(Eccl. 5, 6). 

Listen, the danger and damnation threatened on long 
prayers (Matt. 23, 15-15-33) saying such hypocrites devour 
widows houses and for a pretense make long prayers, there- 
fore, ye shall receive the greater damnation. And (the 27th 
verse) indeed you appear beautiful outward, but within you 
are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. (Read 
Luke 20, 47) the apostle Peter says, the face of the Lord 
is against those that do evil, so that when you do evil you 
need not expect the Lord to hear you. (1st Pet. 3, 12; 
James 5, 16.) 

The question is, when you change to do right continue 
in the service of the Lord for it is a sad thing to turn back 
from serving the Lord. (Matt. 12, 43-46. Luke 11, 24-25-26.) 
When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he walks 
through dry places seeking rest and finding none, he says, I 
will return unto my house from whence I came out; and 
when he cometh he findeth it swept and garnished then 
goeth he; and taketh unto him seven other spirits more 
wicked than himself: and they enter in and dwell there and 
the last state of that man is worse than the first. Listen at 
Christ's advise (St. John 5, 14; Heb. 4, 5-6; 9, 26; 2nd Peter 
2, 20-21-22.) Apostle Paul says it is a fearful thing to fall 
into the hands of the living God. ( Heb. 10, 31.) Very dan- 
gerous to turn back (Gen. 19, 26; Luke 17, 32.) So my 
advice to you dear reader is to do the whole commandment. 
(St. John 14, 15; 15, 14; 14, 23.) 



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OUR BIBLE BEGINS. 

This is a question every minister should be able to an- 
swer without any hesitancy and answer intelligently. I can 
only give a very brief answer or idea as I have gleaned from 
J. Patterson Smith on "How we got our Bible and from some 
other sources of research." The manuscript to make our 
bible was collected about 120 A. D., perhaps, or later, 
these manuscripts of parchments of the old testament were 
in Hebrew and the new testament in Greek written by 
hand. Translations of the old testament called the versions 
of the 70 done by 70 learned Jews of Alexander beginning 
about 280 B. C. direct from the Hebrew. This scripture 
was perhaps used by the apostles. So the first information 
was from manuscript afterwards versions, fathers, etc. Af- 
ter much study and copy and perhaps compromise it was 
decreed to accept what we now have as a national book of 
the Christian church. In the quotation of early Christian 
writers there was an Epistle of Barnabas, one by Clement, 
an early bishop of Rome, perhaps same mentioned in Phil. 
4, 3, Shepherd of Hermas by perhaps Herma (of Rom. 16, 
14) and others. 



SERMON LOVE. 

Christ our Saviour taught us the first and greatest 
commandment was to love God with all thy heart, soul and 
mind. (Matt. 22, 37-38-39 says) love thy neighbor as thy 
self ; so let us make an examination of ourselves and see how 
we stand. Read I John 2-40) the apostle Paul said in Ro- 
mans 13, 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor. 1 Peter 



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2, 17.) Love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king,so 
you see, dear reader, we cannot be what God wants us to be 
without love and obeying the bible. (Matt. 4, 3-4; Ps. 107, 
1) except the Lord build the house the labour is in vain. 
(St. John 14, 15). If ye love me keep my commandments 
that ye love one another as I have loved you : (St. John 15, 
13) greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down 
his life for his friends. 

(Verse 14 says:) Ye are my friends if ye do whatso- 
ever I have commanded you (St. John 13, 34) a new com- 
mandment I give unto you, that you love one another as I 
have loved you that you also love one another. (13-35 by 
this shall all men know that you are my disciples if you have 
love one toward another. 

The christian people cannot be without love. Christ 
said (in St. John 10, 16) other sheep I have which are not 
of this fold, them I must go and bring, there will be one fold 
and one shepherd, they will hear my voice. It speaks of 
Christ and his father as one (St. John 10, 30) and there is 
no respect of persons with God (Acts 10, 34 ; Rom. 3, 22 ; 1 
Cor. 1, 10.) Paul says, now I beseech you, brethren, by the 
name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same 
thing and that there be no division among you, but 
that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and 
in the same judgment. 



MODERN TEN COMMANDMENTS. 

I. Thou shalt not gossip; some people have the run off 
at the mouth. The unruly member (the tongue) is danger- 
ous, do not be careless in talking, but be careful. 



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II. Thou shalt not covet ; do not begrudge the talent of 
the other fellow or his success, or his wife, or his house or 
his new machine. 

III. Thou shalt not dog-walk, it is rotten, licentious, 
hell-begotten, sending your girls to ruin, the devil is for it, 
so I am against it. 

IV. Thou shalt not be close fisted; some people are so 
close fisted they steal from dead people or from the blind, 
and so mean they sing through their noses to save wear and 
tear on their false teeth. 

V. Thou shalt not have too many beaux, it is hard 
to fool any one now, and a man does not want to marry a 
girl every other buck knows all about and will laugh at him 
for so doing. The hair straightener that is out all hours 
of the night with first one and another is on her way to no 
where, from nothing. 

VI. Thou shalt not be false. A false guy trying to get 
by is like a grocery store with a sign on the window but no 
goods. If you haven't a paid-up card, don't wear the 
emblem. 

VII. Thou shalt not drink, every man shall be sober — 
it pays. Every drunkard started out to be a moderate 
drinker, if he had not started he would have been safe, so 
safety first. 

VIII. Thou shalt not curse. Oh profanity, how soon 
it shows the character of a man and shows it rotten. And 
also ignorance, for if he were not, then he would find useful 
words in language instead of oaths, I would not trust a pro- 
fane man too far in any transaction. 

IX. Thou shalt not dodge debts. Some people are very 
religious, but will not pay debts, if there was a judge to 



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take a hook and jerk the clothes off of some until their 
debts were paid, some would not be left with their socks on, 
much less any garment costing more. 

X. Thou shalt not flirt. The world does not pay much 
attention to flirting on the street, it waits until the girl has 
lost her virtue and then slams the door in her face, girls, 
no matter what your reputation, if a man makes eyes at 
you on the street, turn from him, he is hate to you. 



THE APOSTLE'S CREED. 

The creed was probably adopted that would be in unity 
on doctrine after their separation, it is supposed the apos- 
tles themselves drew it up at Jerusalem. 

I believe in God the Father, Almighty, maker of heaven 
and earth, and in Jesus Christ his only begotten son our 
Lord, and that he was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of 
the Virgin Mary, that he suffered of Pontius Pilate, was 
crucified, dead and buried, that he arose again the third 
day, that he ascended into heaven and sitteth on the right 
hand of God the Father Almighty and from whence shall 
come again at the end of the world to judge the quick and 
the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Church of God, 
the communion of saints, the remission of sin, the resurrec- 
tion of the body, and everlasting life after death. Amen. 



ANCIENT WORLD— BITS OF ITS HISTORY. 

The Egyptian country is the first historical we can 
trace, and we want to start to look for the promi- 



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nent black men or Hammites, just a few of them, as 
most of our modern histories tell us. We have from 
time immemorial been only hewers of wood and drawers of 
water, the Bible and also ancient history disputes that, 
Egypt the (cradle of civilization) shows many very wise 
black men. A native Ethiopian named Kashta was the 
Pharoah ruling Egypt under the 26th dynasty. There was 
an insurrection but it failed, the Ethiopian powers were ral- 
lied by a man named Shabak (1 Kings 11, 40, 2 ch 12-2; 
1 Kings 14-25) and he was an Ethiopian. And at one time 
queen Amenitis, sister of Shabak, reigned in Egypt a black 
queen about 720 B. C. Another black Pharoah Shabotak 
son of Shabak, he had trouble with Tahraka, lost the crown 
(2 Kings 19, 35-36), another Ethiopian, Tahraka was a 
great warrior and a successful one, he lost in 672 B. C. to 
the Assyrians and was driven out of Egypt back to Ethiopia 
but in a few years came back, drove out the Assyrian gar- 
rison and re-established his authority agaim {Cushites or 
Hammites,) Egyptians were always close to black people, in 
those early days. If the bible and ancient history are relia- 
ble, and I doubt if the half has been told in this prejudicial 
land of ours. 

Notice also the ancient Chaldeans. It is agreed by 
many historians they were a Hammetic race, and study their 
history, please, beginning with the first bible war. Abraham 
finally got into it (Gen. eh. 14) notice Nimrod, the mighty 
hunter, built some great cities (Gen. 10, 21) read for your- 
self also (Gen. 11, 31-14 ch.) shows a great king of (Job 
1, 17.) Chaldia, by the name of Ched-or-La omer or in his- 
tory Kndus, Lagamer, Ridpath Vol. I, Page 118, called king 
of Elam.) So that it is established that Chaldia was Ham- 



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metic or black, note the early science and art, there is not 
doubt that long- before the language of the Hebrews be- 
came a fit vehicle for literary expression, there was in lower 
Mesopotamia, men worthy to be called philosophers. The 
tradition of antiquity point to two cities as the foundation of 
human wisdom, Memphis, of Egypt and Babylon of the 
Chaldeas. Rid. Vol. 1, Page 123. Most of us are acquainted 
with the Babylon of about 604 B. C, when Nebuchadnezzar 
was king (Hab. 1, 6) he was feared by the world at that 
time, some will say that he was not a Hammite, but he is 
referred to as a Chaldean speaking that tongue. (Dan. 1, 
4; 3:8.) So notice Nebuchadenezzar and some of the things 
he did, built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, walls, won- 
ders of the world 75 feet wide 350 feet high, length 40 
miles, reservoir 140 miles in circumference and 180 feet 
deep, furnished with flood gates and slushes, a 400 mile 
canal Rid. Vol. 1, Page 295. The half has not been told. 
Take Moses 'second wife (Num. \2, 1.) Ethiopia. The 
Chaldeans were scientific in numbers, mapped out the 
twelve signs of the zodiac. They were the first astrono- 
mers to understand and determine the boundaries of the 
Zodiacal signs, each sign was divided into 30 degrees etc. 
The hour was divided into sixty parts etc., Rid, His. Vol. l r 
Page 129. Their weights and denominations of monies 
were later adopted by the Greeks and Hebrews. Rid. 130 and 
243, Vol. 9, says that the Abbysinians are a progressive peo- 
ple but are of the Semetic race, they may be but they are 
black people, since the Italians warred with them in 1896 
and were defeated badly, they have a very good reputation 
for bravery, according to the information we have they are 
still ruling their own country. 



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I want to speak of two great cities of about 200 B. C, 
Rome and Carthage. Rome on the north coast of /the Medi- 
terranean and Carthage on the south in Africa. Many 
have said that the black man can serve or follow, but can- 
not lead. Notice the Hamilcar Barcas, his great work; 
the father of the greatest of strategeans ; the son, Hannibal, 
the great black general of the Carthagenians, who perhaps 
could have conquered Rome at one time had he continued 
his warfare. Hannibal was of the Phoenicians (our bible, 
Matt. 15-22 and Mark 7-26) , Phoenicians of the Cannanites, 
Cannanites of Hamites (Ps. 105-23-27, Gen. 10-18), built the 
City of Neneveh. Notice Ridpath's History of the World, 
page 148, Vol. Ill, the city of Carthage was founded about 
800 B. C. by a Phoenician colony led by the Princess Dido, 
Carthage was older than Rome. I am proving what is true, 
' he critic may not be able to dispute that the noted Carthe- 
genians and Hannibal were black Africans. Phoenicia was 
the birthplace of the navies of the world, the fleets of Phoe- 
nicia put boldly to sea when history was in its dawn. The 
strange crafts of this hardy war-time people were seen 
creeping around the shores of the Mediterranean. (Ridpath, 
Page 242, Vol. I, read carefully for yourself) . 

Tyre and Sidon were towns in Phoenicia (Mark 7-24). 
The Carthagenian Senate consisted of 104 members, also a 
great council of 100. Carthageans were the most expert sea- 
men in the world at that time. Rome had no ships, no 
knowledge of their building or management. Ridpath's 
History, Page 151-152, Vol. Ill shows Rome obtained her 
first model to build a ship from a wrecked Carthageanians 
/essel, about 260 B. C, after warring for a number of years 
with the Romans, Hamilcar Barcas was killed in battle but 
left to his country and the world, a son greater than him- 



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self. From his youth, he had .been* schooled in the disci- 
pline of the camp. At the age of nine years, he was taken by 
his father to an altar in Carthage and there made to swear 
enmity to the Romans. (Ridpath, Page 159, Vol. III.) 

Hannibal took charge of the army at the age of 29 
years, in the year 218 B. C, he beg-an his campaign with an 
army of 90,000 foot, 12,000 horse and 37 elephants. Hanni- 
bal's men were called African lions by the Romans. The 
African Lions, led by their bold leader fought several bat- 
tles and defeated the Romans in all of them up to this time. 
Counsul, his Commanders, Servilus Minunicus and Paulus. 
Hannibal's commanders were Hasdrubal, Hanno and Mahar- 
bal. The battle raged, the results, the Romans lost 70,000 
and Hannibal 6,000 (Ridpath, Page 166, Vol. III. Rome no 
doubt could have been taken at that time but Hannibel 
could not be persuaded to continue ; one of the commanders 
asked, "Give me the horse and in five days you shall dine in 
the Capitol." Finally the Romans defeated Hannibal's 
brother , Hasdrubal who was also a great general. The 
Romans sent his head to Hannibal's camp but he did not 
then give up ; it is the quality of the greatest not to despair. 
The last battle was about 202 B. C, between Scipio and Han- 
nibal, but the Romans gained the victory. Such peace as 
could be obtained was secured from the Romans, but it was 
their way to beat the fellow that was down so they 
hounded Hannibal. In time of peace he went to the Syrian 
King of Ephesus, they followed him there, he went to 
another about 196 B. C, after the practical surrender of 
Carthage before he would give up as Rome had asked for 
him and the King was afraid to refuse. Hannibal, how- 
ever, now sought the final remedy — for years he had car- 



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ried with him a phial of poison, ready for the last emer- 
gency. He stood for a moment like a tall shadow on the 
fartherest horizon of his greatness, then drank the 
subtle poison and lay down to that oblivion sleep, which 
could never again be disturbed by the blare of a Roman 
trumpet. . r . - ;; ; 



RAGE PHIDE. 

The one thing to my mind most injurious to our peo- 
ple is the race pride destruction. It was destroyed long ago, 
and many of us inherit that cowardice of ourdf athers, large- 
ly because we do not stand up as men in defense of our 
rights. Live or die, in slavery times in several states, it was. 
against, the law for five or more Negroes to assemble, they 
were subject to severe punishment; if they got together 
to talk, they were not allowed to- read, or to try to learn to 
read or write, so this three hundred years (nearly) of slav- 
ery destroyed much race pride. So they prayed for their 
freedom, and when finally it came, they rejoiced and are con- 
tinuing to rejoice but it is time now to quit and note wher^ 
we once stood some 1500 or 2,000 years ago, by unity there 
is a Umit to all things. 

VLet us stop our folly and strife and petty jealousies 
which is gross ignorance and get down to common sense 
and logic. Starting with the clergy which is fartherest 
apart, quit quarreling over the white man's religion and pol- 
itics and begin to teach unity, close up your shops barring 
your own race and see the results which will follow, put 
race above money just as the Italian, Greek, German and 
every other nation does. Always let your motto be "My 



24 LEE'S BOOK 

'own people first." Study the past, count up the cost of your 
negligence, lay a foundation now for your children, it is your 
duty, please do not neglect it longer. Open your dim eyes 
and see your own duty and face it as true men and women 
and I am sure the next fifty years will tell wonders, yes, 
blessed wonders, for the Hammites or black race. 

I believe division and strife, and jealousies that lowered 
to superstition and ignorance caused us to become so weak 
in Africa that we were defenseless, and no doubt lead easily 
by strangers and so in 1565 A. D., found some of the proud 
warriors, or sons of proud, industrious warriors on Board 
the English ship, Jesus, commanded by Sir John Hawkins, 
under the patronage of the good Queen Bess, a cargo of 
250 chained slaves landed at St. Domingo. Three hundred 
years afterwards our martyred president went to his God 
bearing the shackles of 4,000,000 freedmen. The Negroes 
of Hati revolted and killed their heartless task masters, or 
drove them from the Island under their invincible Prince, 
Toussaint L'Overtue, gaining their own liberty. (A New 
Negro for a New Century by Booker T. Washington, Ch. 
VII, Page 93). Our slavery cr bondage here. Notice in 
185o, according to Do Bows' estimate 3,177,000 slaves were 
in the southern states. Slave holders 347,525, the curse of 
slavery fell hardest on the women, they labored in the fields 
and their children were given away as soon as weaned, in 
some instances as we do little pups now. And they were 
auctioned off or sold, they were subject to examination from 
their feet up just as a man now buying a horse or cow. So 
have we not paid for our negligence long ago, in the midst of 
all of our cruel treatment which I will not have space to 
write, and of which the half has not been told. To begin 



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with the Revolutionary war, we find our fathers fighting, 
shedding their blood for their masters that held them in 
bondage. 

Our Fourth of July orators never mention what the 
brave black men have done in that and every other war in 
the United States. In the French and Indian Wars there 
were two Negroes, Israel Titus and Samuel Putman, the 
first mentioned died at Williamstown, Mass., 1855 at the age 
of 110 years, a sketch of his life was published in the Spring- 
field Republican about that date. (B. T. W. Ch. VIII, page 
119.) Jenkins died about 1849, the Lancaster Gazette gave 
a brief sketch of his life, remarkable in many respects. 
There were doubtless others in this war who lived and died, 
their names and their records having been lost. Crispus At- 
tucks was leader in the Boston massacre, March 5th, 1770, 
and was perhaps the first man slain in that war along with 
three other Negroes. G. W. Williams, leading historian, 
estimates from official sources, that there were no less, than 
three thousand colored soldiers in the Revolutionary war. 
(B. T. W. P. 123, Ch. VIII.) 

Now, out of our United States we have had already 
some very good race men, although the first of the worthy 
fathers was the Hon. Frederick Douglass, born in the state 
of Maryland, 1817, a cruelly treated slave, but finally es- 
caped and was free, running away to New York about 1840. 
Good for woman. A woman attempted or did teach Doug- 
lass to read, her husband remarked in his presence, to her, 
that if she taught him to read the bible she could not hold 
him a slave ; that caused him to study harder, so he resolved 
at all hazards to get a learning, so he shined shoes, 
earned fifty cents and bought a Columbian orator, and al- 



26 LEE'S BOOK 

ways carried a Webster's spelling book. Douglass* master 
hired him to a prominent Methodist minister, who prayed 
before his slaves morning and evening, but his treatment 
was not in keeping with his profession, for he beat him 
unmercifully for a blunder he made on inexperienced work. 
A slave holding minister's sermons ; Servant, obey your mas- 
ter in all things ; the Lord in his providence sent pious souls 
to Africa, dark, heathen benighted, Africa, to bring you to 
this Christian land where you can sit and hear of Jesus, and 
the Lord has so fixed it that only through the channels of 
obedience can happiness flow. For instance, Sam, the other 
day was sent out by his master to do a piece of work that 
would occupy about two hours and a half, at the expiration 
of that time, Sam's master went out and lo and behold; 
there lay Sam's hoe in one place and Sam asleep in 
another; the good master remembered the words of 
the scripture, "He that knoweth his master's will and 
doeth it not shall be beaten with many stripes," so Sam 
was taken up and whipped, so that he was unable to do any 
work for three weeks and a half, for only through the chan- 
nels of obedience can happiness flow. Judge that sermon — 
from Fred Douglass. The result of the struggles for seven 
years under the guidance of Toussaint L'Overture, who was 
called the black Napoleon, has been related on the sketch of 
Hayti, he suffered death at the hands of Napoleon, but 
twelve years later he met his in about the same way; also 
the last claimant to the Bonaparte dynasty. Prince Napo- 
leon was killed by the Zulus in Africa, the very people from 
which Toussaint sprang, the blood of whose kings flowed in 
his veins. 

So our women, glorious women they are, and yet some 



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do not want to give them credit for their work, but I say to 
you, dear reader, if our men at this day had the nerve and 
social-go-forward-spirit and with the women we have we 
would go forward by leaps and bounds. It cannot be denied, 
anything you try to start to upbuild the race you can find 
numbers of women volunteers, but just a few men and they 
would have to be drafted, if we could get as many men in 
the church on tomorrow as we have women, we could do a 
great work and our financial means only gives us about two 
institutions to carry our people up, with the church and the 
Lodge. We have no Chamber of Commerce, no Congress in 
the states and nation, no one to make any laws, so are de- 
pending on petitioning the other fellow, so our men ought 
to sacrifice with what we have, they are the stronger and 
are the most needed. 

One wonderful woman from Africa sold on the slave 
market in 1761 in Boston, simply dressed in a piece of dirty 
carpet around her loins happened to fall in the hands of a 
benevolent, cultured woman by the name of Mrs. John 
Wheatley, she was educated and became quite a poet and a 
Latin translator, corresponded with George Washington, and 
tendered him a copy of one of her poems, which he received 
graciously ; we may expect such though, of a man like him, 
who sot all of his slaves free. 

Now, there is one more by the name of Sojourner 
Truth. It seems that she was set free by an act of the New 
York legislature of 1811. She was wonderful and did what 
she could to have her people set free. She visited that 
wonderful white lady whose memory we should cherish and 
reverence more, Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, writer of 
uncle Tom's Cabin. She also visited President Lincoln, and 



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assisted Mr. Douglass in his great work before the war. The 
most of this chapter on the Race Pride will be found in the 
New Negro for a New Century, by Booker T. Washington. 
Since he was in our day I have not made much mention of 
him for his name is with all of us, and we are yet mourning 
his loss. The bravest in our day and the ablest and greatest. 
I hope we will soon get together on another worthy 
guide as was Mr. Washington. May his memory ever live 
and continue to be as inspiring as time grows. We ought to 
read all race books and line our bed rooms and all rooms with 
pictures of our men and women, and buy colored dolls and 
colored picture, angels and colored men's goods, dentists, 
doctors, dress-makers and all such. Take the Jews' lesson 
for one generation. Please, if you can, sell a good book of 
your race to a white gentleman, do so, for we have been 
reading his for a time; he will buy to see your work. Oh, 
I am so thankful the good and the intelligent are yet ruling 
and always will. Men that believe in fair play, do not criti- 
cise one in the right or for the truth. 

What danger is the traveler in 

How many restless foes. 
These numerous ways there are to sin 

How many of us know? 

Some of the ditch shy, if they can 

Lie trembling in the mire 
Some though they shun the frying pan 

Do leap into, the fire. 



ORDINATION. 

1. Singing of Hymn. 

2. Select appropriate reading 1st Tim. 



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4, 12-13-14-15-16 ; Titus, 2, 5-6-7-9. 

3. Prayer. 

4. Hymn. 

5. Preaching by Evangelist or visitors 
and reference remarks as to care of 
the church. 



QUESTIONS TO THE MINISTER. 

1. Is it your earnest desire to be solemnly set apart 
to the ministry of the word ? Ans. It is. 

2. Will you endeavor to do the will of God and to build 
up the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ? Ans. I will, God 
helping me. 

3. Will you seek to live in such a way, that men shall 
see in you a genuine love for souls, and will you earnestly 
cultivate meekness, patience, discretion and all other graces 
of heart and mind necessary to commend the gospel to those 
that are without, as well as to those already members of the 
Church of God? Ans. I will. 

4. Will your constant aim be to exalt in a firm but 
affectionate manner, so as to promote the reunion of the 
Church of God? Ans. I will. 

5. Do you promise to give much time to prayerful 
study of the word, so as to show yourself approved unto 
Gcd, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly 
dividing the words of truth ? Ans. I do. 

6. Do you promise that you will reprove, rebuke, ex- 
hort with all long suffering and doctrine a^d avoid rll fco 1 - 
ish and hurtful lust, strive to save yourself and those that 



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hear you? Ans. I will. 

7. After these questions, the ordaining Elder will say 
to the people standing, let us pray. (Matt. 6, 9-13.) During 
the prayer the people remain standing. The Evangelist on 
his knees, those officiating lay their right hand on his head, 
after the ordination, the Elder will say, in compliance with 
the word of God we confer upon you the office of a minister 
of the gospel, to this Holy work God has called you by the 
inclination of your own heart and by the choice of your 
brethren, receive it therefore with gladness and humility 
and may God who searches the hearts of men and confers 
all needful wisdom and strength, bless, preserve and keep 
you, the Lord use you to comfort his people, comfort the 
gain sayers, absorb the divisions, and enlarge his kingdom 
on earth through Jesuse Christ our Lord. AMEN. 

A short charge by a visiting minister. 

Benediction by the newly ordained. 

1st Tim. 6, 11-12; St. John 21, 15-17; Luke 10, 1-20; 
Matt. 9, 35-39. 



FORM OF MATRIMONY. 

Dearly Beloved: — We are gathered together here in the 
sight of God, and in the presence of these witnesses to join 
together this man and woman, in holy matrimony into 
which holy estate these two persons present come now to 
be joined. Therefore, if any can show any just cause why 
they may not lawfully be joined together let them now 
speak or else hereafter forever hold your peace (join their 
right hands) if no objections are made, then say to the man, 
do you in the presence of God and of these witnesses sol- 
emnly declare that you take this woman to be your lawful 



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and wedded wife, to live together after God's ordinance in 
the holy estate of matrimony? And do you promise, that 
you will love her, comfort her, honor her and keep her in 
sickness and in health, in prosperity and adversity, and 
forsake all others, you will be a dutiful and an affectionate 
husband until God shall separate you by death, all this you 
will faithfully strive to do, God being your helper? His an- 
swer. I will. 

Woman, do you, in the presence of God and of these 
witnesses solmenly declare that you take this man to be your 
lawfully and wedded husband, to live together, after God's 
ordinance in the holy estate of matrimony? and do you 
promise to keep him in sickness and in health, prosperity 
and adversity, forsaking all others, you will be faithful to 
him until God shall separate you by death, this you will 
faithfully do God being your helper? Her answer. I will. I 
have witnessed your mutual vows and pronounce you to be 
by the law of God and man, husband and wife. Those 
whom God hath joined together let not man put asunder. 

Offer prayer. Matt. 6, 9-13. 



FATE OF THE APOSTLES. 

St. Thomas was run through the body with a lan^e ?t 
Caro-mandel in the East Indies. 

St. Jude was shot to death with arrows. 

St. Simon Zealot was first stoned and then beheaded. 

St. Barnabas was stoned to death by Jews at Salonica. 

St. Paul was beheaded at Rome by the Tyrant Nero. 

St. James the Less was thrown from a pinnacle of * 
wing of the temple and then beaten to death with a fuller's 
club. 



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St. Philip was hanged up against a pillar at Hieropolis, 
a city of Phrygia. 

St. Batholomew was flayed alive by the command of a 
barbarous king-. 

St. Andrew was bound to a cross whence he preached 
unto the people till he expired, in Patrae Asia. 

St. Matthew is supposed to have suffered martyrdom or 
was slain with a sword at the City of Ethiopia. 

St. Mark was dragged through the streets of Alexan- 
der in Egypt till he expired. 

St. Luke was hanged upon an olive tree in Greece. 

St. John was put into a Caldron of boiling oil at Rome 
and escaped death. He afterwards died a natural death at 
Ephesus in Asia. 

St. James, the Great, was beheaded at Jerusalem. 

St. Peter, it is thought, suffered martyrdom in Rome 
about the time of St. Paul, but it is a question unsettled. 

Supposed fate of the Apostles and other writers or 
foundation layers of the Christian church. 




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